Topic: Social
The ANC's plan for creating jobs
March 2, 2009 by evl
The ANC released their plans today for creating jobs. It reads as this:Over the last 15 years we have achieved significant levels of sustained economic growth. We have managed to progressively increase the rate at which jobs have been created. But despite our progress, we still face massive unemployment and widespread poverty. We need to continue to grow the economy, and make sure that the benefits of growth are shared among all South Africans. That is why the ANC has developed a clear and achievable plan that will grow the economy over the next five years and create more decent jobs. This plan includes: * a massive public investment programme, expanding and improving rail networks, public transport, port operations, dams, housing, telecommunications and energy generation; * an expanded public works programme linked to the infrastructure programme and meeting social needs with home-based case, cr
ID to bring back scorpions among other things
January 19, 2009 by evl
The Independent democrats said they will also bring back the scorpions. I wonder where they got that idea from. I bet you all the other parties might bring it back as well. Except off course for the ANC. Nope, you can be sure they wont bring back the scorpions.
The Independent Democrats national election manifesto will among others focus on the re-introduction of the Scorpions, restoring the public's faith in the police and addressing social ills, party leader Patricia Delille said on Sunday.
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Where to watch and find breaking news online - For news junkies
December 18, 2008 by evl
I am a real news junkie. I dont know why but its like an addiction. I want to know things before the rest of the world knows them Also running a blog I can blog about things before others blog about it. Its just plain addictive. So here are a few places to get stuck on looking for breaking news. Some you know, some you might not. Some are obvious. Lets explore: Google News Google News is probably a crowd favorite and I can understand why. Instead of just showing one news source it shows the collective topic all the news sites are talking about. So instead of just finding one breaking news story, you'll find that breaking news story showing all the sites that write about it. One thing worth it is to customize your news on Google News. Personally I dont like sport so i removed it.
Newsvine
Newsvine is like a news community where you can vote on news and share news. Its basically as I said a news community. This is worth checking out although if you are not living in the US you might not enjoy it that much since it mostly focussed on US stories.
Twitter
Twitter can be a great source to find breaking news. Oddly most people that have breaking news usually use the words "breaking news"
For instance doing a search on search.twitter.com and searching for "breaking news" will give you many results and mostly when bloggers and tweeters break the news, it's before the news channels and papers.
Addict-o-matic (addictomatic.com)
This is a different type of way to find the news. This will not really show you all the breaking news from random topics but will enable you to find news about a specific topic. By choosing your sources and typing in your wanted word you want news for it enables you to find news or articles from various places.
Although you can find breaking news here about a topic you might also find things that are a bit older.
GTA IV (4) will use DRM
December 2, 2008 by evl
Here is part of the FAQ on the installation process and it says
- Activation via Internet (1x per system, no limits, Fallback for systems without web access)
- Copy protection Securom: The original disc is required for playing (Execpt: Download version of GTA 4, for example from Direct 2 Drive)
- Requirements for playing (singleplayer): Games for Windows Live account for saving/achievements (1x free creation), original disc, Securom runs in the background
- Requirements for playing (multiplayer): Active internet connection, Games for Windows Live account, For uploading videos: Rockstar Social Club Account.
- If you don't have web access or don't want to connect your gaming PC to the Internet, Rockstar wants to offer a not yet specified system to activate GTA 4 via another PC with web access. Details are supposed to be available on launch.
- For the normal GTA 4 (PC) version with disc installation, activations are unlimited. But the original disc is required for playing.
- This does not apply for legally downloaded versions of GTA 4: Depending on the vendor the following is possible: Five parallel installations with the possibility to revive a "free
27 Dinner in Cape Town
October 28, 2008 by evl
I was supposed to write a really long article here about how great the 27 dinner was but I got completely lost in Cape Town, I hate cities. So instead of meeting a bunch of new interesting people I drove around in a scruffy hood looking for the N2.
Drove out about R100 of petrol for absolutely no reason and I dont even have a photograph to prove it.
Oh well i think its time I give up on these social blogging events, unless I plan it really well off course.
68 Twitter tools to satisfy your twitter addiction
October 26, 2008 by evl
I like twitter. So, i decided to do a post about twitter. Here it is :) Twitter tools for Firefox Twitterfox - Twitter app for firefox, sits in the bottom. Twittermore - Firefox extension that lets you post longer than 140 characters Twitterbar - Post directly to twitter from your address bar Twitbin - Twitter communication from firefox. Twitkit - A entire sidebar dedicated to Twitter. (has other features as well) Dashblog - Collect media and post it to twitter / blog TwittyTunes - Post your currently playing songs to twitter with one click Tinyurl Creator - Shrink urls quickly for twitter BlogRovr - Twit about the site you are on Feedly - Rss reader integrated with twitter as well Yoono - socialize your Firefox includes twitter tools PingFire - post to ping.fm (thereby updating twitter) Twitter tools for Mac Twitterrific -Twitterrific is a fun application that lets you both read and publish posts or "tweets" to the Twitter community website. The application's user interface is clean, concise and designed to take up a minimum of real estate on your Mac's desktop.
Blogging is dead? YOU ARE WRONG
October 22, 2008 by evl
Just because you might not use a blog or you might of had one and now you think because you are not using a blog or blogging does not mean blogging is dead. In fact blogging is only starting. The only thing that can stop blogging is net neutrality and that has not happened yet and I hope it never will for the sake of free speech.
The first reason you are wrong is because many people have things to say, and if your boring can say it in 140 characters well then you dont deserve a blog. Blogging is for those of us that has more to say than what we are doing, blogging is a form of speech, a way of sharing what and who we are.
The second reason you are wrong ( or is wrong, which ever is more appropriate) is because people make money from blogging, people sell things through blogging and blogging like many other things is part of the internet, thousands of people make money from their blogs and they are not just about to stop, just recently wired had a article about the internet dying but guess what, Wired is a blog as well and they might of been there longer than most other blogs but that does not mean its the end of blogs because less and less people write on them.
Those that close down their blogs either dont have that much to say or they have other things to do but as for blogging many people will do it whether you think its dead or not.
More and more people try and say that twitter will replace blogging, well that's a bunch of crap. Twitter is my favourite social network but in for so long and they have not found a way to make money from their service. If they dont find one soon ( a way of making money from it) they like so many other places will just close down eventually.
When Myspace first launched people said that would be the end of normal small sites, because you can just start your own mini site inside myspace. Well guess what, Myspace is long gone and there are now more blogs than myspace pages.
Blogging is long not dead. Long live free speech and blogging
What to do when you have nothing to blog about
September 30, 2008 by evl
In a world with constant information and anything you want right in front of you, you need ways to keep your readers coming back to your blog. So what if you suddenly have nothing to write about? It has happened to me that I go for days with no ideas what to write about and sometimes its scary. Because if i donKeep on blogging, if you dont have a blog start one. Ever read this before? Well here are 10 reasons you need to get blogging.
September 30, 2008 by evl
Have you ever read someone saying start a blog but dont quite get it? I used to read people saying all the time " start a blog " but I did not understand why. Well here is a few (10) reasons why to start blogging that I have learned since I have started blogging
1. Blogging can give you better writing skills Since I have been blogging my grammar and spelling has improved greatly. Also with the help of Firefox and its spell check. When I do make a mistake I see it and next time I know how to spell the word. By the way, my first language is not english.
2. Blogging can teach you people skills Blogging can teach you how to handle certain situations. When conflicts arise you can learn in blogging how to handle it. And when you leave your computer you have those skills.
3 Blogging can teach you how to socialize While it might be a bit different than normal socializing, blogging can teach you how to socialize. Blogging is not just people blogging about random crap but it involves skill and one must be able to socialize in order to have a successful blog.
4. Blogging can teach you how to do Marketing To have a successful blog you need to learn how to market your blog. You need to learn how to advertise your blog for as cheap as possible and get ways to get more traffic to your blog. Blogging can teach you a great deal of marketing.
5. Blogging can be a business for products Instead of listing products on a normal site, why not blog about them. The more you blog about them the more you stand the chance of being found on search engines for that specific product. While this is not that easy with things like computers its way easy if you have a small product you are trying to sell that is not as famous as computers. Just think about it. What would get more traffic? 100 products listed on a site or 1000 blog posts, 10 posts about each product linking to each other? Obviously the blog would get more visitors.
6. Blogging can help your typing skills This is if you can type already. Blogging can increase your typing skills. This will greatly help you if you want a job as a secretary or such.
7. Blogging can give you self confidence Blogging can give you great self confidence and make you feel better about yourself. To afraid to take chances and speak to people? Well as my blog grew I started to speak to people more. Now I have confidence to speak to anyone.
8. Blogging can get you a job. Being a authoritative blogger in your are of expertise can get you a job in that area or niche. If your design blog rates higher than for instance a design company you might get a job.
9. Blogging can make you some spare cash or you can make a lot of money from blogging. Blogging for money is easy but it takes a lot of work. Quiting your job is possible though. Blogging for a few months can make you some spare cash if you know how to work those ads. Try google adsense. You can make a few bucks a day with that. The point is blogging can make you money.
10. Blogging is fun If you enjoy doing puzzles and thinking. You will enjoy blogging. Blog like you are playing a game and think of new topics every day. It will keep you young no matter how old you are. Blogging is fun and if your are not blogging you are missing out. Thank you for reading please bookmark this on all those nice places that brings more people that would enjoy this article. Remember to keep on blogging!